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Canada

djchuang — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:40:39 CST

British Columbia

Living Hope Fellowship (Burnaby, Peter Ahn, 1996)
New Joy Community Church (Vancouver, Pastor Steve Kim, 2000)
The Tapestry (Richmond, Pastor Albert Chu, 2004)
Faith Community Christian Church (Vancouver, Pastor Ted Ng, 2008)

Ontario

Westside Community Church (Mississauga and 2 other sites, Pastor Paul An, 1987)
Cornerstone Christian Community Church (Markham , Pastor Andrew Lau, 1998)
Unionville Oasis (Unionville, Pastor Kai Mark, 2003?)

California

djchuang — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:11:41 CST

Southern California

Living Hope Community Church of Walnut Valley (Walnut, Pastor Steve Chang, 1996*)
Crossroads Community Church (Mission Viejo, Kevin Hayashida, 1997)
Victory Fellowship (Torrance, Pastor Rick Matsuda, 1998)
Ocean View Church (Torrance, Pastor Paul Lee, 1998)
Lighthouse Bible Church (San Diego, Pastor John Kim, 1999)
Cornerstone Bible Church (Garden Grove, Pastor James Shin, 1999)
Living Way Community Church (Los Angeles, Pastor James Yim, 2000)
Church of Southland (La Mirada, Pastor Keith Park, 2001)
Epic Church (Fullerton, Pastor Kevin Doi, 2001)
Journey Christian Fellowship (Lakeview Terrace, Pastor Charles Kim, 2001, now EM of ANC)
Pillar Bible Church (Fullerton, Pastor James Lee, 2001)
New Hope Chapel (Los Angeles, Pastor Jesse Lee, 2002)
Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Pastor James Han, 2002)
Jubilee Presbyterian Church (Irvine, James Kim, 2002)
Ambassador Church (Buena Park, Pastor Ray Chang, 2003)
Epicentre Church (Pasadena, Pastor John Lo, 2003)
New Life Mission Church of Burbank (Burbank, Pastor Owen Lee, 2003)
Oikos Church at USC (Los Angeles, Pastor Brian Jourden, 2003)
Transformations Community Church (Rosemead, Pastor Jon Ngai, 2003)
Generations Covenant Church (Torrance, Pastor Lon Murata, 2004)
New Hope South Bay (Redondo Beach, Pastor Charles Lee, 2005)
The Gathering Place (Los Angeles, Pastor Tim Kim, 2005)
Westlight Community Church (West Los Angeles, Pastor Keith Tanita, 2005)
The Vine Church (Arcadia/Pasadena, Pastor Marcus Choi, May 2005)
Catalyst (Culver City, Doug Lee, 2006)
A Village Community (Long Beach, Chris Fukunaga, 2006)
Kairos Christian Church (San Diego, Mark Chun, 2006)
Pasadena Vineyard (Pasadena, Joseph H. Lee, launching 2007)
The River Church (Upland, Pastor John Woo, launched when?)
The Orchard Christian Church (Montebello, Pastor Matthew Perri, launched ?)
South Bay Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (Lomita, Pastor Bertram Wang, launched?)
Lighthouse Community Church (Torrance, Pastor Kim Kira, date?)
City Lights Community Church (Long Beach, Pastor Thien Doan, date?)
Church in the City (Long Beach, date?)
Lifesong Community Church (Chino Hills, Pastor Jon Hori, date?)
Exodus3 (Irvine, Pastor Chi Song, date?)
Fountain of Life Covenant Church (Long Beach, Pastor John Teter, 2007)
Crossway Community Church (Brea, Pastor Steve Choi, 2007)
One Thing Church (Alhambra, Pastor Brian Chan, launching 2007)
New Community Church (Northridge, Pastor Randal Young, relaunching 2008)
Cross Community Church (Irvine, Pastor Jin Cho, date?)
CrossWay Church (Orange County, Pastor Paul K. Kim, 2008?)
New City Church of Los Angeles (Pastor Kevin Haah, 2008)
Immanuel Chapel (La Crescenta, open, ?)
City Light Church (Los Angeles, Dennis Kang, ?)
Community Church on Holliston (Pasadena, Sam Park, ?)
The Promise Church (Riverside, Roy Shinn, 2009)
Sunrise Grace Church (Eastvale, Pastor Steve Loo, Spring 2009)
conVerge Family Church (Garden Grove, Sabastian Huynh, 2009)
GracePoint Mission Church (Valencia/Santa Clarita. Pastor James Park, 2009)
Regeneration Church (Garden Grove, Nate San and Jay Abiera, 2009)
Ekko Church (Buena Park, Bryan Kim, ?)

Northern California

Pathway Community Church (Castro Valley, Pastor Brian Owyoung, 1997)
Gracepoint Davis Church (Davis, Pastor Joong "Jonathan" Lee, 1997)
Grace Community Covenant Church (Palo Alto, Pastor Steve Wong, launched 1998)
Great Exchange Covenant Church (Sunnyvale + San Francisco, Pastor Dave Chae, launched 2001)
Wellspring Church (San Leandro, Pastor Sam Shin, launched 2001?)
Providence Church (Castro Valley, Pastor John Kim, 2001)
Sunset Ministry (San Francisco, Pastor Jerry Mann, launched?)
Living Stones Christian Church (Milpitas, Pastor Josh Chien, 2004)
Faith Walk Community Church (San Ramon, Pastor Johnson Chiu, 2004?)
Haven (San Jose, Pastor Elton Lin, 2004)
Great Exchange Fremont (Fremont, Pastor Min Tak, launched 2005?)
Living Bridge Fellowship (San Ramon, Pastor Rick Park, 2005)
New Hope Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Pastor Ben Jung, 2006)
Bridgeway Church of Silicon Valley (Palo Alto, Pastor Chris Pak, 2006)
Pathway Bible Fellowship (San Jose, Pastor Bob Lee, launching?)
The Journey (Castro Valley, Pastor Winsome Wu, 2007)
Urban Grace (Emeryville, Gary Lee, 2007)
Xaris Church (Elk Grove, Scott Kawamura, 2007)
Revolution Church (Sacramento, Dave Ingland, 2009)

Northeast

djchuang — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:40:42 CDT

Maryland

Grace Life Church (Baltimore, Pastor Roger Kim, 2003?)
Harmony Hills Community Church (Silver Spring, Pastor David Lee, 2000?)
Hope Chapel (Lutherville, Iggi Choi, 2002)
New Life Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Timothy Oh, date?)
The Village Church (Baltimore, Dan Hyun, date?)

Massachusetts

Cambridge Community Fellowship Church (Cambridge, 1996)
Highrock Covenant Church (Boston, Pastor Dave Swaim, 2000)
CityLife Boston (Boston, Pastor Stephen Um, 2002)
Cornerstone Church of Boston (Boston, Pastor Eugene Lee, 2004)
Mosaic Boston (Boston, Pastor Joseph Kim, 2005)

New Jersey

Joy Christian Fellowship (Tenafly, Pastor Danny Han, 1999)
Grace Redeemer Church (Teaneck, Pastor Peter Wang, 2000)
Praise Presbyterian Church (Somerset, Pastor David Choi, 2003)
Trinity Christian Fellowship (Paramus, Pastor Matthew Na, 2003)
Metro Community Church (Englewood, Pastor Peter Ahn, 2004?)
Acts Community Church (Fort Lee, Pastor Victor Kim, 2005?)
Grace Fellowship Church (Long Island, Pastor John Davis, 2006)
The River Church of New Jersey (Teaneck, Pastor Jim Om, ?)
Living Hope Church (Old Tappan, Pastor John Parker, ?)
Sojourner Presbyterian Church (Ridgefield, Pastor Francis Chang, 2006?)

New York

Vision Church (New York City, Pastor Joseph Tsang, 1997)
Living Faith Community Church (Flushing, Pastor Stephen Ro, 2000)
Queenswest Church (Long Island City, Peter Sung, 2004)
Remnant Westside Church (New York City, Pastor Bruce Yi, 2003)
The River Church (New York City, Pastor Charles Park, 2004)
The Sycomore (Flushing, Pastor Sam Park, 2006)
New Song Church (Queens, Pastor Sam Chung, 2008)

180 Church (New York City, Pastor Sam D. Kim 2008)
New Heart Mission Church (Manhasset, Rev. Paul M. Chung, 2009)

Pennsylvania

Grace Covenant Church (Philadelphia, Pastor Young Kim, 1996)
Calvary Vision Church (Blue Bell, Pastor Tim Haahs, 1997)
Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (Lansdale, Pastor Stephen Na, 2001)
City Line Church (Philadelphia, Pastor Steve Kim, 2004)
Renewal Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pastor Paul Kim, 2006; formerly Emmanuel Church)

Virginia

Ambassador Bible Church (Centreville, Pastor John Park, est. 1997)
Great Commission Community Church (Arlington, Pastor Thomas Wong, 2002)
Eternal Grace Bible Church (McLean, Pastor Mark Lee, 2004)
Jubilee Community Church (Ashburn, Pastor Stephen Chong, 2005?)
New Life Church (Falls Church, Pastor Woojin Lee, 2006?)

Southeast

djchuang — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:06:12 CDT

Florida

Living Stone Community Fellowship (Orlando, Pastor Joseph Wong, 2007)
Asian American Christian Church (Brandon, Arthur Pabellon, ??)

Georgia

Crossroads Church of Atlanta (Pastor CJ Chun, launched 1998)
Journey Church of Atlanta (Pastor Matthew Ro, 2004)
New Generation Missionary Church (Atlanta area, Pastor Peter Hong, launching?)
Open Door Community Church (Norcross, Pastor Billy Park, 1991)

Bethany English Ministry (Marietta, Pastor Peter Lim, independent? date?)

Southwest

djchuang — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:24:01 CDT

Texas

Dallas area

Global Harvest Church (Carrollton, Pastor Jon Choi, 2002)
New Covenant Baptist Church (Richardson, Pastor Young Lee, 2002)
NewSong Dallas (Frisco, Pastor Daniel Young, 2006)
Vox Veniae Dallas (Dallas, Stanley Wang, September 2007)
Journey of Faith Church (Irving, Ray Park, date?)

Austin area

Acts Fellowship Church (Austin, Pastor Charles Lee, 1992)
Vox Veniae (Austin, Pastor Gideon Tsang, 2006)
Gracepoint Fellowship Church (Austin, Manny Kim, 2008)
Horizon Christian Community Church (Austin, Walton Yuen, 2009)

Houston area

Access (Houston, Pastor Ted Law, 2008)
Asian American Baptist Church (Houston, Pastor Coleman Chong, 1995)
Asian American Church of Houston (Pastor Augustine Kim, 1997)
Pathways Church of Houston (Pastor Shawn Kang, 2004)
New Life Fellowship (Houston, Pastor Eric Shin, 1997)
Harvest Community Church (Houston, Jae Kim, date?)
Mosaic Community Covenant Church (Houston area, Pastor Ed Lee, 2007)

San Antonio

Connection Church (San Antonio, Pastor Ikki Soma, 2005)

Arizona

Grace Asian Bible Church (Phoenix, Pastor Weymann Lee, 1992)
Oasis (Phoenix, Pastor Samuel Son, ?)

Colorado

Logos Central Chapel (Denver, Pastor Matt Kim, 1999, Kim since 2006)

Nevada

Asian American Church of Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Pastor Benny Jo, 2006)

Home

djchuang — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:52:51 CDT

Welcome to a collaborative wiki for Asian American church plants. This is intended to be a shared space to find and learn from new churches that are reaching the next generations of Asian Americans.

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Church Plants in the Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL ...)
Church Plants in the Midwest (IL, IN, MO ...)
Church Plants elsewhere (HI, ...)
Churches in Canada
Older churches for Asian Americans (churches established before 1997)

Websites, Blogs, Articles, and more

L2 Foundation's Resource Center (350+ links)
NextGenerAsianChurch.com - blogging the collision of faith and Asian-American culture
Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity
Waterwind listserv - an Asian American Christian discussion forum
CAC Forum Archives - email discussions from 1996-2002

Keep this updated

Please edit and help keep this wiki updated with dreams and stories of how churches are making a difference in people's lives and their communities. Links and resources to websites and blogs and articles are most welcomed.

What counts as an "Asian American church"? For this wiki, we are listing English-speaking churches consisting of at least 25% Asians, whether it is an English ministry, pan-Asian, multi-Asian, multi-ethnic, or multi-cultural.

What counts as a church plant? Churches that are less than 10 years old, fully independent and autonomous, or "mission churches" in the process of being established as such. We've also added a list for older Asian American churches.

Why plant churches?

"New churches have freedom to be innovative," observes [Pastor Tim] Keller, his own congregation [Redeemer Presbyterian Church] the fruit of a church plant in 1989. "They become the 'research and development' department for the whole body of Christ in a city. They attract a higher percentage of venturesome people who value creativity, risk, innovation and future orientation." -- from by Faith Online

Contact

DJ Chuang
email: email[at]djchuang.com

DJ Chuang is Executive Director at L2 Foundation www.L2Foundation.org and Director at Leadership Network www.leadnet.org

Older

djchuang — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:51:39 CDT

California

Asian American Baptist Church (Richardson, Pastor Benjamin Wong, 1992?)
Cerritos Baptist Church (Cerritos, Pastor Gary Tawa, 1979)
Journey Evangelical Church (Westminster, 1980s?; formerly Chinese Presbyterian Church of Orange County)
Christian Layman Church (Bay area, Pastor Roy Tinklenberg, 1922)
Coast Christian Fellowship (Torrance, Guy Takashima, 1996)
Evangelical Formosan Church, LA (El Monte, Evan Chen, 1970)

Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles (Rosemead, Pastor Ken Fong, est. 1925)
Evergreen Baptist Church of San Gabriel Valley (Pastor Cory Ishida, 1997)

First Chinese Baptist Church, Walnut (Walnut, Jackson Lau, 1994)
First Harvest Chapel (Tustin, Pastor Rick Kim, est. 1997)
Gateway Friends Church (Walnut, Pastor Troy Wong, 1994)
Gracepoint Fellowship Church (Berkeley, Pastor Ed Kang, 1981; formerly Berkland Baptist Church)
Harvest Community Church of Irvine (Irvine, Pastor Curtis Lowe, est. 1993)

Harvest Los Angeles (El Monte, Eddie Lee, 1982)
Koinonia Community Baptist Church (Irvine, Andy Pak, 1994)
Marin Asian Community Church (San Rafael, Pastor Dana Chau, est. 1980)
Mid City Oikos Community Church (Santa Fe Springs, Pastor James Chon, launched 1991)
Mosaic (Pastor Erwin McManus; formerly The Church on Brady) *[multiethnic w/ ~33% Asian]
New Life Christian Fellowship (Castro Valley, Pastor Katie Choy-Wong, est. 1988)
NewSong Church (Irvine + NOC + LA + Bangkok, Pastor Dave Gibbons, 1994)
Orchard Valley Christian Church (Sunnyvale, Curt Ogawa, 1993)
South Bay Presbyterian Church (Torrance, Pastor Sunny Kang, 1988)
Stonebridge Christian Church (Huntington Beach, Pastor Ken Gibo, 1994)
Sturge Presbyterian Church (San Mateo, Garrett Yamada, 1925)
The Garden Christian Fellowship (Chatsworth, Pastor David Kim, 1995)
The River (San Jose, Pastor Brad Wong, launched 1997) *[multiethnic w/30%(?) Asian]
Trinity Church of the Nazarene (Monterey Park, Pastor Albert Hung, est. 1927)

Vineyard of Harvest (Walnut, Pastor Dennis Liu, 1991)
Wintersburg Presbyterian Church (Santa Ana, Pastor Ted Esaki, est. 1930)

Elsewhere in the U.S.A.

All Nations Community Church (Seattle, Won Lee, 1996?)
Berkland Baptist Church, Boston (Cambridge, 1991)
Chinese American Family Bible Church (Virginia Beach, 1995?)
Covenant Fellowship Church (Champaign, Pastor Min Chung, 1990)
Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (Seattle, WA; Pastor Joe Yoshihara, launched 1996)
Grace Community Church (Buffalo Grove, Pastor Steven Jhu, 1984)
Harvest Community Church (Hoffman Estates, Pastor David Lee, 1995)
Korean-American Calvary Baptist Church (Seattle, Pastor Daniel Son, 1991)
Remnant Presbyterian Church (New York City, NY; Pastor Victor Kim, 1995)

Northwest

djchuang — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:44:32 CDT

Washington state

Living Hope Bible Church (Bellevue, Joe Lum, launched 1995?)
Living Faith Community Church (Seattle, Pastor Jason Kim, 1997)
Berkland Baptist Church (Seattle, Pastor Stephen Jung, 1997)
Lighthouse Christian Church (Bellevue, Pastor Wayne Ogimachi, launched 2001)
Quest Church (Seattle, Pastor Eugene Cho, launched 2001)
Compass Christian Center (Federal Way, Pastor Charlton Lee, 2007?)
Crosspointe Christian Church (Des Moines, WA, Pastor Paul Kwon, date?)
Harvest Fellowship (Lynnwood, ?, ?)
Imago Dei (Seattle, John Kim, 2008?)
"Great Pursuit" (Puget Sound area, Samuel Choi, ?)

Midwest

djchuang — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:17:08 CDT

Illinois

Parkwood Community Church (Chicago area, IL; launched 1997)
Evergreen Community Church (Mt. Prospect, Pastor Steve Kang, 1998)
New Community Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Pastor Brad Paik, 1998)
Cornerstone Mission Church (Prospect Heights, Pastor Steve Kim, 2001?)
New Community Covenant Church (Chicago, Pastor Peter Hong, 2002)
Hebron Community (Prospect Heights, Pastor Danny Jung, 2002)
Cityview Presbyterian Church of Chicago (Pastor Peter Kim, 2003)
New Life Community Church (Palatine, Pastor Yun Choi, 2003)
Lakeview Church (Northbrook & Palatine, Pastor Joshua Kang, 2004)
Restoration Community Church (Wheeling, Pastor Hamon Kim, launch date?)

Missouri

Grace Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, James Park, ?)

Other

djchuang — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:08:39 CST

Hawaii

New Hope Christian Fellowship Oahu (Honolulu, Wayne Cordeiro, 1995)
New Hope Leeward (Waipahu, Mike Lwin, 2003)
New Hope Diamond Head (Honolulu, Fernando Castillo, 2004)

other New Hope churches around Hawaii, US, and the world